This is a picture from a photoessay about Pakistani women being attacked by having acid thrown in their face. Apparently, it is an unfortunately common form of terrror and subjugation against women in Pakistan and other Islamic countries. http://blogs.tampabay.com/photo/2009...-personal.html

You know, seeing those pictures has almost changed my views regarding the DP. At the very least, the people responsible for the attacks should undergo the same acid baths.

Holy crap! That doesn't even look real. If that's a real picture, then that is REALLY messed up. Some people don't deserve to live. Anyone who would throw acid on someone's face should be instantly removed from the living.

Unfortunately, it is all too real. The woman didn't receive surgery. She formed adhesions and eschars.

__________________"Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man! We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out."
--Hugh Latimer, October 16, 1555

You know, seeing those pictures has almost changed my views regarding the DP. At the very least, the people responsible for the attacks should undergo the same acid baths.

Your comment reminds me of a quote by General Charles Napier on how the British dealt with suttee in India: "You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre. Beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom, and then we will follow ours.

__________________"Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man! We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out."
--Hugh Latimer, October 16, 1555

Great quote, PTM. Those pictures were hard to look at but I think they should be published everywhere. This is happening often in India also.

I noticed many of these girls were mutilated at 12 or 13. They were all so heartbreaking, particularly the one whose father decided he didn't want another girl in the family. I had heard of her story before.